Beth Adkins opened the French Quarters salon on Patten Parkway in the 1980s, and she has seen a lot change from her downtown spot between Lindsay Street and Georgia Avenue. But nothing could have prepared her for the combination of two years of construction at her doorstep and a pandemic, she said.

If you can't find your groove Friday night at downtown Chattanooga's Nightfall, or maybe you want to continue your dancing ways when it's over, walk over a half-block or so to the newly renovated Patten Square and enjoy DJ SpinChilla.

Riverfront Nights is back from hiatus, Patten Square is ready for its closeup and a guitar shredder is scheduled for Nightfall. Here are some highlights from the weekend entertainment schedule:

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

Programs that look back at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Scopes Trial and the Civil War are on the weekend calendar, along with country singers Mitch Rossell and Lee Roy Parnell, plus salutes to tomatoes and peaches. Here are some highlights.

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

With pandemic rates drifting down and Fourth of July events trending up, the pursuit of happiness - a right enshrined in the Declaration of Independence - should be a little easier this summer.

Despite a pandemic and a reported shortage of available fireworks, many organizations and municipalities will have fireworks shows this weekend.

Fourth of July celebrations aren't the only ways to spend your holiday weekend. Here are more options.

Catoosa County Parks and Recreation is expanding its sports league offerings beyond fields and courts and onto the screens of players, wherever they may be.

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

Three soccer matches and a plethora of music and performing arts are on the schedule this weekend, as is the first chance to see Independence Day fireworks in North Alabama. Here's a look at events around the region.

A list of upcoming events for the upcoming week:

A planner of events in the Chattanooga area this week.

Two of Chattanooga's favorite concert series kick off this weekend, and a free doughnut could be in your future. Here's what to know.

The National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, has been officially canceled after organizers said scheduling conflicts with vendors and other festival participants would result in a sub-par event that isn't what people expect.

Here's a list of upcoming events in the Chattanooga region. Find more events, and add your own, at ChattanoogaNow.com.

Chattanooga Beer Fest is sold out, but there's more fun to be had over the Memorial Day weekend, including the opening of Lake Winnie's water park, a new Imax movie and a street festival in Ringgold, Georgia.

Artists who cumulatively have charted 10 No. 1 songs, sold more than 7 million albums, won two Grammy Awards and multiple Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards will rotate through the new McLemore Songwriters Series this summer at the mountaintop resort in Rising Fawn, Georgia.

Here's a list of upcoming events in the Chattanooga region.

Chances to fly in a World War II plane, see a movie in the park and watch Ironman competitors swim, bike and run through the Chattanooga area are among upcoming entertainment offerings.

A list of upcoming events in the Chattanooga region.